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...ICE STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 7 PM THIS EVENING TO 1 PM EST
THURSDAY...
...WINTER STORM WARNING IS CANCELLED BUT HAS BEEN REPLACED WITH AN
ICE STORM WARNING...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PEACHTREE CITY HAS ISSUED AN ICE
STORM WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 7 PM THIS EVENING TO 1 PM
EST THURSDAY. AN ICE STORM WARNING HAS IMPACTS WHICH ARE AS GREAT
OR GREATER THAN THE WINTER STORM WARNING. THE ONLY DIFFERENCE IS
THE ICE STORM WARNING AREA WILL HAVE MORE ICE THAN SNOW WITH ITS
IMPACTS FOR THIS EVENT.

* LOCATIONS...ALONG AND EITHER SIDE OF A LINE FROM FRANKLIN TO
NEWNAN AND PEACHTREE CITY TO WARRENTON.

* HAZARD TYPES...MAINLY FREEZING RAIN WITH SOME SNOW AND SLEET.

* TIMING...SNOW...SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN WILL BEGIN LATE
TONIGHT...GENERALLY AFTER MIDNIGHT AND CONTINUE INTO WEDNESDAY.
THIS WILL GRADUALLY CHANGEOVER TO ALL FREEZING RAIN WEDNESDAY
INTO WEDNESDAY NIGHT. THE ACTIVITY SHOULD END AS LIGHT SNOW LATE
WEDNESDAY NIGHT INTO THURSDAY MORNING.

* IMPACTS...THESE HIGH ICE ACCUMULATION AMOUNTS WILL MAKE TRAVEL
IMPOSSIBLE. THIS HAS THE POTENTIAL TO BE A CATASTROPHIC EVENT.
WIDESPREAD AND EXTENDED POWER OUTAGES ARE LIKELY AS ICE
ACCUMULATES ON TREES AND POWERLINES AND BRINGS THEM DOWN. PLEASE
PREPARE TO BE WITHOUT POWER IN SOME LOCATIONS FOR DAYS AND
PERHAPS AS LONG AS A WEEK. ONCE THE ICE BEGINS TO MELT ON
THURSDAY AND FRIDAY...FALLING ICE FROM BRIDGES AND OVERPASSES
WILL CREATE AN ADDITIONAL HAZARD.

* WINDS...NORTHEAST 10 TO 15 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 25 MPH. THESE
WIND SPEEDS IN CONJUNCTION WITH THE ICE WILL EXACERBATE THE
POTENTIAL FOR FALLING TREES.

* TEMPERATURES...IN THE LOWER 30S AND DROPPING INTO THE UPPER 20S.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR ICE MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER
CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS ICE ARE
FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS AND IMPOSSIBLE IN MOST
CASES. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN
EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...FOOD... AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF
AN EMERGENCY. WITH THE FORECAST ICE AMOUNTS...WIDESPREAD POWER
OUTAGES ARE POSSIBLE ESPECIALLY IN THE WEDNESDAY TO WEDNESDAY
NIGHT TIME PERIOD.

A LAYER OF ICE...COMBINED WITH WINDY CONDITIONS...IS EXPECTED TO
BREAK TREE LIMBS AND POWER LINES. STAY INDOORS AND AWAY FROM THESE
HAZARDS...AND PREPARE FOR POWER OUTAGES BY HAVING FLASHLIGHTS AND
EMERGENCY SUPPLIES READY.